Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/246)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

“Among them are those who criticize you over the distribution of alms. If they are given some of it, they are pleased; but if they are not given any, they immediately become angry. If only they had been content with what Allah and His Messenger gave them and had said, ‘Allah is sufficient for us. Allah will give us from His bounty, as will His Messenger. Indeed, it is Allah whom we desire.’”

[Surat al-Tawbah: 58, 59]

Thus, Allah (1) mentioned people who were pleased when they were given something and became angry when they were not, and He censured them for it. Therefore, is one who praises Fātimah for conduct resembling theirs not (2) disparaging her? May Allah destroy the Rāfidah and vindicate the Prophet’s household against them, for they have attributed to them defects (3) and disgrace that are obvious to anyone with eyes to see.

If someone were to say, “Fātimah sought only what was rightfully hers,” this would be no more justified than saying, “Abū Bakr would not deny a Jew or a Christian his due, so how could he deny the foremost lady of all women what was rightfully hers?” Allah Most High and His Messenger—peace and blessings be upon him—testified that Abū Bakr spent his wealth for Allah’s sake, so how could he deny people their own wealth?

Fātimah—may Allah be pleased with her—had asked the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—for some wealth, but he did not give it to her. This is established in the two Sahīh collections from Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—in the hadith concerning the servant: when Fātimah went to the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—to ask him for a servant, he did not give her one but instead taught her the words of glorification (4). And if she was permitted to ask the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—for something

(1) The name “Allah” does not appear in A or B. (2) A: “would not be”; H: “that he would not be”; R, S: “unless he were”; B: “would he not be?” (3) B only: “of defect.” (4) The hadith narrated by Alī ibn Abī Tālib—may Allah be pleased with him—is found in al-Bukhārī, 5/19 (*Book of the Merits of the Companions*, chapter “The Virtues of Alī ibn Abī Tālib”), and Muslim, 4/2091–2092 (*Book of Remembrance and Supplication*, chapter “Glorification at the Beginning of the Day and at Bedtime”). The wording in al-Bukhārī is: “Alī related to us that Fātimah—peace be upon her—complained of the hardship caused by the hand mill. Some captives were brought to the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—so she went to see him but did not find him. She found Ā’ishah and told her. When the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—returned, Ā’ishah told him that Fātimah had come. The Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—then came to us after we had gone to bed. I began to rise, but he said, ‘Stay where you both are.’ He sat between us until I felt the coolness of his feet against my chest. He then said, ‘Shall I not teach you something better than what you asked of me? When you go to bed, declare Allah’s greatness thirty-four times, glorify Him thirty-three times, and praise Him thirty-three times. That is better for you both than a servant.’” The hadith also appears elsewhere in al-Bukhārī and in the *Sunan* works of Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, al-Nasā’ī, and al-Dārimī, as well as in the *Muwatta* and the *Musnad* of Ahmad.

{وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَلْمِزُكَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ فَإِنْ أُعْطُوا مِنْهَا رَضُوا وَإِنْ لَمْ يُعْطَوْا مِنْهَا إِذَا هُمْ يَسْخَطُونَ - وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ رَضُوا مَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَقَالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ سَيُؤْتِينَا اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَرَسُولُهُ إِنَّا إِلَى اللَّهِ رَاغِبُونَ} [سُورَةِ التَّوْبَةِ: ٥٨، ٥٩] فَذَكَرَ اللَّهُ (١) قَوْمًا رَضُوا إِنْ أُعْطُوا، وَغَضِبُوا إِنْ لَمْ يُعْطُوا، فَذَمَّهُمْ بِذَلِكَ، فَمَنْ مَدَحَ فَاطِمَةَ بِمَا فِيهِ شَبَهٌ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ أَلَّا يَكُونَ (٢) قَادِحًا فِيهَا؟ فَقَاتَلَ اللَّهُ الرَّافِضَةَ، وَانْتَصَفَ لِأَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ مِنْهُمْ، فَإِنَّهُمْ أَلْصَقُوا بِهِمْ مِنَ الْعُيُوبِ (٣) وَالشَّيْنِ مَالَا يَخْفَى عَلَى ذِي عَيْنٍ. وَلَوْ قَالَ قَائِلٌ: فَاطِمَةُ لَا تَطْلُبُ إِلَّا حَقَّهَا، لَمْ يَكُنْ هَذَا بِأَوْلَى مِنْ قَوْلِ الْقَائِلِ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ لَا يَمْنَعُ يَهُودِيًّا وَلَا نَصْرَانِيًّا حَقَّهُ فَكَيْفَ يَمْنَعُهُ سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ حَقَّهَا؟ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى وَرَسُولَهُ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَدْ شَهِدَا لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنَّهُ يُنْفِقُ مَالَهُ لِلَّهِ، فَكَيْفَ يَمْنَعُ النَّاسَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ؟ وَفَاطِمَةُ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا - قَدْ طَلَبَتْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مَالًا، فَلَمْ يُعْطِهَا إِيَّاهُ. كَمَا ثَبَتَ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي حَدِيثِ الْخَادِمِ لَمَّا ذَهَبَتْ فَاطِمَةُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - تَسْأَلُهُ خَادِمًا، فَلَمْ يُعْطِهَا خَادِمًا وَعَلَّمَهَا التَّسْبِيحَ (٤) . وَإِذَا جَازَ أَنْ تَطْلُبَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مَا

(١) لَفْظُ الْجَلَالَةِ لَيْسَ فِي (أ) ، (ب) . (٢) أ: لَا يَكُونُ؛ هـ: أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ؛ ر، ص: إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ؛ ب: أَفَلَا يَكُونُ. (٣) ب (فَقَطْ) : مِنَ الْعَيْبِ. (٤) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٥/١٩ (كِتَابُ فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ، بَابُ مَنَاقِبِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ) ؛ مُسْلِمٍ ٤/٢٠٩١ ٢٠٩٢ (كِتَابُ الذِّكْرِ وَالدُّعَاءِ، بَابُ التَّسْبِيحِ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ وَعِنْدَ النَّوْمِ) . وَنَصُّ الْحَدِيثِ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ - عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ - شَكَتْ مَا تَلْقَى مِنْ أَثَرِ الرَّحَى فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - سَبْيٌ، فَانْطَلَقَتْ فَلَمْ تَجِدْهُ، فَوَجَدَتْ عَائِشَةَ فَأَخْبَرَتْهَا، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَخْبَرَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ بِمَجِيءِ فَاطِمَةَ، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَيْنَا وَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مَضْجَعَنَا فَذَهَبْتُ لِأَقُومَ، فَقَالَ: " عَلِيُّ مَكَانَكُمَا " فَقَعَدَ بَيْنَنَا حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ بَرْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ عَلَى صَدْرِي. وَقَالَ: " أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكُمَا خَيْرًا مِمَّا سَأَلْتُمَانِي: إِذَا أَخَذْتُمَا مَضَاجِعَكُمَا تُكَبِّرَا أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَتُسَبِّحَا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَتَحْمَدَا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ خَادِمٍ ". وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي مَوَاضِعَ أُخْرَى فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ، وَهُوَ فِي سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ وَالتِّرْمِذِيِّ وَالنَّسَائِيِّ وَالدَّارِمِيِّ وَالْمُوَطَّأِ وَمُسْنَدِ أَحْمَدَ.